Inventory



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• n. 详细目录; 存货清单

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -ries)

• Etymology: Middle English inventarie, inventorie, from Anglo-French inventaire, inventorie, from Latin inventarium, from inventum thing found, topic, neuter of inventus
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. an itemized list of current assets: as
    • (1) a catalog of the property of an individual or estate
    • (2) a list of goods on hand
  • b. a survey of natural resources
  • c. a list of traits, preferences, attitudes, interests, or abilities used to evaluate personal characteristics or skills
• 2. survey, summary
• 3. the quantity of goods or materials on hand ; stock
• 4. the act or process of taking an inventory
• ? inventorial adjective
• ? inventorially adverb

II. transitive verb (-ried; -rying)

• Date: 1602
• to make an inventory of ; catalog

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